Floods in Spain: the impressive satellite images of the passage of the DANA through Valencia and its destruction

Floods in Spain: the impressive satellite images of the passage of the DANA through Valencia and its destruction

These are images taken by NASA’s Landsat satellite in which you can see the difference between this Wednesday, October 30, and two weeks ago, before DANA.

Satellite images of the DANA that hit Spain

The videos and images that have been circulating in the last 48 hours They give a partial image of the disaster. These have been compiled by the geologist Nahum Mendez on his X account, @geologoenapuros.

The images have been taken by a NASA Landsat satellite, for the high resolution observation of the earth’s surface. These specimens They orbit at about 700km highwhich gives them a privileged position to capture progress of the phenomenon.

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The bed of the Turia river, brown after the passage of the DANA.

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“Look at the southern area of ​​Valencia, where There are many polygons and municipalities in its metropolitan areajust as the new channel of the Turia River appears perfectly marked in brown,” said Méndez.

The images that show the before and after are taken with two weeks apart. In them you can see how the sea closest to the coast has changed its color as a result of dirt, mud and debris washed ashore.

They find 10 dead after the passage of DANA and the total number exceeds one hundred

The DANA that hit Spain has already left more than 100 dead. Rescue services found this Thursday ten bodiesafter the floods in the southeast of Spain. The Spanish government ordered the mobilization of nearly 1,000 troops from the Ministry of Defense, the Military Emergency Unit and the Spanish Armed Forces for rescues and cleanup. There are also alerts from the national weather service.

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Piles of cars accumulated after the passage of water were recorded.

Courtesy: El País

From the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) They warn that DANA has not ended and that this Thursday the DANA warnings will continue. State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) by orange and yellow alert in different areas of the country.

There was a DANA in Valencia, Spain

After the meteorological phenomenon occurred in the province of Valencia, incalculable damage was caused and various communities were registered. without electricity, telephone and access to roads due to floods. The authorities They do not rule out that the number of deaths will continue to rise during this Thursday. They are counted dozens of missing in towns where emergency services could not access, according to the Generalitat Valenciana.

Source: Ambito

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